Translation of Japanese Movie Scenarios During the Cultural Revolution of China

Abstract

In the latter part of the Cultural Revolution, Japanese movie scenarios were translated.The 15 translated films about the reality of Japanese society were newly produced at the time. Many of them were produced by social directors closely related to China and recommended by the Kinema Junpo editorial department.The intensive translation of the Japanese movie scenarios was due to the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the deterioration of Sino-Soviet relations, the political situation in China, and the diversification of Japanese movies.The translation inherited the attention paid to social directors before the Cultural Revolution and promoted the Japanese Movie Boom in the latter part of the period.